Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) lost
6-5 to
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in the Final of the Curling Masters Champery, held October 18 - 21, 2018 in Champery, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won
7-6 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2018 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland; and won
6-5 over
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland;
Muirhead finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated
James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) 7-4, then won
6-4 against
Michael Mueller (Aarau, SUI) and
6-3 against
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI). Muirhead went on to lose
8-6 against
Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Curling Masters Champery, Muirhead take home
32.206 world rankings points along with the $11,849CDN prize. Muirhead move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 15.18 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with
173.792 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Muirhead ranks 38th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
37.589 points earned so far this season.
